Canadian Domestic Substances List
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The Canadian Domestic Substances List is Canada’s primary inventory of chemicals that are manufactured in, imported into, or used within the country, serving as the basis for assessing and managing chemical substances under Canadian environmental and health regulations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canadian Domestic Substances List canonical | 2 |
| Domestic Substances List | 1 |
| New Substances Notification Regulations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2164829 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canadian Domestic Substances List Context triple: [TSCA Inventory of chemical substances, relatedTo, Canadian Domestic Substances List]
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A.
Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
The Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is a U.S. national database that tracks commercial drivers’ drug and alcohol program violations to enhance roadway safety and ensure compliance with federal regulations.
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B.
Controlled Substances Act
The Controlled Substances Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, distribution, and possession of certain drugs by classifying them into schedules based on their medical use and potential for abuse.
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C.
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act
The Controlled Substances Import and Export Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates and restricts the international import and export of controlled drugs and chemicals to combat drug trafficking and abuse.
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D.
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is an independent expert body in the United Kingdom that advises the government on drug-related issues, including classification, harms, and policy.
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E.
National Drug Threat Assessment
The National Drug Threat Assessment is an annual U.S. government report that analyzes and forecasts major illicit drug trends and threats to national security and public health.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canadian Domestic Substances List Target entity description: The Canadian Domestic Substances List is Canada’s primary inventory of chemicals that are manufactured in, imported into, or used within the country, serving as the basis for assessing and managing chemical substances under Canadian environmental and health regulations.
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A.
Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
The Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is a U.S. national database that tracks commercial drivers’ drug and alcohol program violations to enhance roadway safety and ensure compliance with federal regulations.
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B.
Controlled Substances Act
The Controlled Substances Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, distribution, and possession of certain drugs by classifying them into schedules based on their medical use and potential for abuse.
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C.
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act
The Controlled Substances Import and Export Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates and restricts the international import and export of controlled drugs and chemicals to combat drug trafficking and abuse.
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D.
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is an independent expert body in the United Kingdom that advises the government on drug-related issues, including classification, harms, and policy.
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E.
National Drug Threat Assessment
The National Drug Threat Assessment is an annual U.S. government report that analyzes and forecasts major illicit drug trends and threats to national security and public health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemical inventory
ⓘ
environmental protection instrument ⓘ regulatory list ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DSL ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Environment and Climate Change Canada
ⓘ
Health Canada ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
importers in Canada
ⓘ
manufacturers in Canada ⓘ users of chemical substances in Canada ⓘ |
| classification | distinguishes between existing and new substances ⓘ |
| contains |
biotechnology products
ⓘ
existing chemical substances ⓘ inorganic substances ⓘ organic substances ⓘ polymers ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| excludes | substances listed only on the Non-Domestic Substances List ⓘ |
| format | list of substances identified by Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Numbers ⓘ |
| governedBy | federal legislation ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryFunction |
supports prioritization of substances for assessment
ⓘ
triggers obligations for industry regarding new substances ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Government of Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Environment and Climate Change Canada ⓘ |
| policyObjective |
protect human health
ⓘ
protect the environment ⓘ |
| purpose |
identify substances considered existing in Canada
ⓘ
support risk assessment of chemical substances ⓘ support risk management of chemical substances ⓘ |
| regulatoryConsequence |
substances not on the list may require notification before manufacture or import
ⓘ
substances on the list may be subject to risk assessment and control measures ⓘ |
| regulatoryRole | primary inventory of existing substances in Canada ⓘ |
| relatedList | Non-Domestic Substances List ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chemicals Management Plan
ⓘ
New Substances Notification Regulations ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian Domestic Substances List
|
| riskAssessmentBasis | presence and status of substances in Canadian commerce ⓘ |
| scope |
chemical substances imported into Canada
ⓘ
chemical substances manufactured in Canada ⓘ chemical substances used in Canada ⓘ |
| sector |
environmental protection
ⓘ
public health ⓘ |
| timeReference | based on substances in Canadian commerce between 1984 and 1986 ⓘ |
| updatedBy |
Government of Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
|
| updateProcess | amended through additions, deletions, and modifications of substance entries ⓘ |
| usedFor |
determining notification requirements for new substances
ⓘ
screening of substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Canadian Domestic Substances List Description of subject: The Canadian Domestic Substances List is Canada’s primary inventory of chemicals that are manufactured in, imported into, or used within the country, serving as the basis for assessing and managing chemical substances under Canadian environmental and health regulations.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Canadian Domestic Substances List
subject linked to:
DSL
linked to: Canadian Domestic Substances List